On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:40:34 +0000, Adam Hardy wrote: > Florian Kulzer on 27/02/08 22:01, wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:01:54 +0000, Adam Hardy wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun February 24 2008, Adam Hardy wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Using xfce, Thunar used to pick up on the new usb storage device >>>>>>>>>>> and put an >>>>>>>>>>> icon in its tree pane for me with the usb stick's name. Clicking on >>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>> would then mount it to /media >> >> [...] >> >>> So hal is actually meant to mount the usb stick automatically? Not just >>> show an >>> icon in thunar? How about CDs? >> >> I don't know that; I guess that depends on the "philosophy" of >> xfce/thunar. To the normal user it probably does not matter exactly >> when the mounting happens, as long as he/she can click on the icon at >> any time and access the media. > > My philosophy is that I never remember that it's /dev/sda1 on this > machine because my memory is, er... what's the word again ....
The advantage of a mounting mechanism that involves HAL is that you can give volume labels to all your USB sticks/drives and they are then always mounted under /media/<label>, independent of plug-in order etc. That is the reason why I suggested to use pmount-hal for testing, to see if this mechanism works. > Generally when copying stuff to a usb stick, I use the command line. So I > would appreciate automatic mounting of my usb stick to /media/somewhere. > Except that this 'automation' involves going from the command line into > thunar or the desktop and clicking to get it mounted. [...] > Do you run hal and does it mount usb sticks and cds automatically? I get an icon on my KDE desktop whenever removable media is plugged in; I can click on that icon and it is mounted at that moment and opened in Konqueror. KDE can be configured to do the mounting automatically as soon as the USB stick is detected, but I have not activated that option. As far as I understand the design principle, something "higher up" than HAL is meant to actually decide if the device is to be mounted immediately and if there are any other actions to be taken, e.g. launching a media player for an audio CD. HAL is only the means to access the hardware in a well-defined, abstracted way; the mounting itself is initiated by the KDE media service, the gnome volume manager or equivalent components of other desktop environments. You can, however, use HAL policy files to influence mount options and other properties. Since you want to be independent of the desktop environment, you might want to run ivman, usbmount, or a similar daemon. If I remember correctly, it is difficult to ensure unique mount points with usbmount since it relies on plug-in order. I like the concept of ivman better because it relies on HAL, so it should not clash with a running desktop environment. I have never tried ivman myself, though. Its sourceforge page says it is currently in beta stage. (Both usbmount and ivman are available in Etch.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]